The arrangements for Brave LandВ came together in a very natural way, which Hamilton chalks up to the special вЂњcreative languageвЂќ the trio has developed over years of working together. She returned to Winnipeg and started workshopping the songs with her longtime friends and bandmates Quintin Bart and Natanielle Felicitas. вЂњLike, here we are on Earth, which is familiar to us, and then hereвЂ™s the earth also teaching us about this other world and this other way to grow.вЂќ вЂњI was moved often by the symbolism of the land reaching into the sky, which I thinkвЂ¦ is so brave,вЂќ she says. The cover of Raine HamiltonвЂ™s third album Brave Land features artwork by Sarah Thiessen and graphic design by Roberta Landreth. Hamilton found inspiration in the physical landforms and the ideas they came to represent: namely wisdom, courage and connection. вЂњIt felt like this natural gathering place where water would run down when the snow melts andвЂ¦ where creativity is collecting also.вЂќ Part of the record - her third full-length release and her first concept album - was written during a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the campus of which is surrounded on all sides by rising peaks and evergreen trees. Brave Land will be released incrementally over the next year. Raine Hamilton, centre, created her third studio album with longtime collaborators Quintin Bart, left, and Natanielle Felicitas. With that in mind, Hamilton moved into rockier terrain with her new album, Brave Land.

вЂњI was noticing this feeling of animation about the mountains and this other landscape,вЂќ Hamilton, 36, says over the phone. This article was published (567 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.Д¬hamber folk musician and self-professed вЂњprairie personвЂќ Raine Hamilton has written many songs about flat grasslands and big Manitoba skies, but lately, the mountains have been calling.

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